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LBPD Awarded $580,500.00 Grant from the Office of Traffic Safety

The Long Beach Police Department, Nov. 19, received a $580,000.00 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety or OTS to assist in the LBPDs efforts to reduce deaths and injuries on Long Beach City roads.

The one-year grant is for the 2021 federal fiscal year, which runs from Oct. 1, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021.

The grant will fund a variety of traffic safety programs, including:

Patrols with emphasis on alcohol and drug-impaired driving prevention.

Patrols with emphasis on awareness and education of California’s hands-free cell phone law.

Patrols with emphasis on education of traffic rights for bicyclists and pedestrians.

Patrols with emphasis on awareness and education of primary causes of crashes: excess speed, failure to yield, failure to stop at stop signs/signals, improper turning/lane changes.

Community education presentations on traffic safety issues such as distracted driving, DUI, speed, bicycle and pedestrian safety.

Collaborative efforts with neighboring agencies on traffic safety priorities.

Officer training and/or recertification: Standard Field Sobriety Test (SFST), Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) and Drug Recognition Expert (DRE).

Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California OTS, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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